St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1887-11-12
TREASURY ROBBED.
CASHIER JACKSON \ DEFAU LTER
FOR A LARGE st NJ.

CASHIER JACKSON \ DEFAULTEF
FOR A LARGE SUM.
Traced to Toronto, Canada, and Believed
to Have Taken the Money in Lump
Treasurer Chas. j. Canda Less Careful
or Fortunate Than Predecessors
The fact has become public that the
cashier of the sub-treasury at New ork
Henry Martin Jackson, was a defaulter
;sld had fed to Canada. The discrepancy
in his accounts was first discovered on
October %. when he failed to appear
at his desk. A hasty examination by
Treasurer Canda showed adjudication of
$4,000, and this, so far, seems the extent
of the theft from the government. The
matter has been kept very quiet by Mr..
Canda, although it is understood that he
has pursued inquiries sufficiently to as
sure himself that Jackson is in Toronto.
Henry Martin Jackson is the son of the
aged secretary of the New York Tract
Society, who lives at Roseville, n. J..
The son is thirty-six years old and has
twice been married, his daughter by the
first wife being now with her grandfather
at Roseville. He was married again
some years ago to the daughter of a Mr.
Leslie in Mount Vernon, Westchester
county, widow with one daughter
The relations of the two have recently
been very unpleasant, and two weeks
ago Mrs. Jackson went home to her
father. It is believed that their family
troubles were the primary cause of Jack
sons flight and that he took the money
in~a lump. He has been a clerk in the
sub-treasury for years, having been ap
pointed underBa Republican admins
tration and holding his place under the
new Democratic head.
Sub-Treasurer Charles J. Canda is un-
der the law responsible for the amount
of the defalcation. By appointment of
President Cleveland he succeeded, on
January % last, Thomas c. Acton as
treasurer of the New York sub-treasury.
Mr.. Acton had held the office by appoint
ment of President Arthur and is now the
president of the New Amsterdam Bank,
just started on Upper Broadway. Mr..
Canda's bond, which was approved
January 81, is for 100000, and the
bondsmen were required to justify in
twice that amount. The sureties are c.
P. Huntington, John l. Blair, VIM. L.
Scott, Edward Cooper, Jose F. De Ma
varro, James T. Woodward, J. Fl. Abeel,
Chas Butler, H. v Newcomb and J. K.
Dos Passos. The President at once
signed Mr.. Canda's commission and for
warded it the same day by special
messenger to New York, when Mr..
Canda was installed.
1t has been many years certainly since
there has been dollar lost in the sub
treasury, either by carelessness or by de-
falcatioC, before this occurrence. The
clerks are, for the most part, superior
men-picked from the best banking in
stitutions-and they serve many years,
even change of administration causing
few changes. The sub-treasury methods,
moreover, are such as to make it, appar-
emily, very difficult to steal. No clerk
could, it was supposed, enter any of the
vaults alone. He must have, according
to the old rules, another clerk to accom-
pany him. The combinations of the
locks are known only to two or three
men, and the vaults have two doors,
which must be opened by different
clerks. The books are supposed to be
made up to the last cent every night,
and though millions are deposited in the
sub-treasury and many thousands paid
out over its counters every day, there
have, as said, been no losses for many
years until the administration of Mr..
Canda
The defaulter is small in stature, of
very dark complexion, very stout, and
with full beard cut close. If he has
shaved since his flight it is believed that
he can be identified by singularly re-
treating chin, and the fact that he is
somewhat "knock-kneed" He wore
when last seen dark clothes and black |
beaver sack overcoat. He is an inveter-
ate smoker.